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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi Alternative Required
Message-ID: <109752@convex.convex.com>
Date: 3 Dec 90 17:15:12 GMT
References: <1616@ukpoit.co.uk>
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Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Organization: CONVEX Software Development, Richardson, TX
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In article <1616@ukpoit.co.uk> ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare) writes:
>Some of our users/developers have formed a lynch party and came into the
>tech support area this morining spoiling for a fight !!! They ( not me ! )
>feel that vi is hopeless and would like a better editor ( their words ).
>
>I think the problem is that they find productivity plumments when using 
>3 editors , namely vi , wordstar and IBM ISPF editors.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
You cannot make someone learn if they are intent upon ignorance.

Let them suffer.  Sorry, I've lost sympathy with cretins.  I recognize
this is harsh, and that a more tactful way of communicating this would
have to be found.

I've seen lots of secretaries using vi to write complex papers in troff
with eqn and tbl.  If they can do this, I just can't believe an
operator or progammer needs something that hold their hand more.  These
people are just being lazy.  Don't let them make you go through a lot
of work just because they don't want to.

--tom
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Tom Christiasen		tchrist@convex.com	convex!tchrist
"With a kernel dive, all things are possible, but it sure makes it hard
 to look at yourself in the mirror the next morning."  (me)


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